Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 25-35

  French, H ^a   Demitroff, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic canada; Eolian activity; Frozen ground; Late pleistocene; New jersey pine barrens; Paleodrainage; Stream avulsion

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; BRAIDED RIVER; DEFLATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; FROZEN GROUND; MEANDER; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; POLAR REGION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TUNDRA; WIND FIELD;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NEW JERSEY; PINE BARRENS; UNITED STATES;

PINUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 84867570154     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600000548     Document Type: Article

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